A bow pivot line used in docking and undocking, or a dock line leading aft from the bow to prevent the boat from moving forward while made fast to a dock or pier.

Energy that is transmitted by pressure waves in air or other materials and is the objective cause of the sensation of hearing.

(ETF)ETFs are a new kind of collective investment fund competing with investment trusts and unit.

The procedure by which a homeowner forfeits his property to the lender (mortgagee) following.

In a square rigged ship, the act of hauling the head sheets to windward and laying the head-yards flat aback in order to bring the ships head out of the wind while tacking. This is done when helm action alone is insufficient.

The slowest speed at which a vessel steers.

A moveable or fixed heater used to heat individual rooms.

The westerly distance in an arc from Aries, measured as an angle at the pole or as the intercepted arc of the equinoctial between the hour angle of Aries and the hour angle of the body.

Said of a vessel that is firm, strong, and unlikely to develop leaks.

To take in the slack and secure the standing rigging.

In spray painting applications, Spray equipment which delivers material at a low pressure of no more than 10 PSI (at the air cap), however, with greater volume of air.

A bolted rim used for attachment to another object.

An electromechanical device composed of a coil of wire wound around a cylinder containing a bar or plunger, that when a current is applied to the coil, the electromotive force causes the plunger to move; a series of coils or wires used to produce a magnet ...

The legal transfer of real property (i.e. land and buildings) from one owner to another..

Contraction for pilot balloon observation.

Water service between two coasts; in the U.S., this usually refers to water service between the Atlantic and Pacific or Gulf Coasts.

A buoy secured to a permanent anchor sunk deeply into the bottom.

A breakwater used as a landing pier.

A value used to estimate interior air cooling requirements (load) calculated as the number of degrees per day (over a specified period) that the daily average temperature is above 65 degrees Fahrenheit (or some other, specified base temperature). The dail ...

Bread that was supplied to ships before bakeries were introduced on board.